Irma weakens to tropical storm on northward ascent across Florida

"Basically, every house in the Keys was impacted in some way", said FEMA administrator Brock Long, according to CNN.

Some 3m people live in the Tampa Bay area.

Next, Irma is to push into the Gulf states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and north to Tennessee.

Drinking water supplies in the Keys were cut off, fuel was running low and all three hospitals in the island chain were closed. The damage from the storm damaged not just people's homes and businesses, but also knocked out communication services to rescue crews.

Almost 4.5 million homes and businesses across Florida lost power, and utility officials said it will take weeks to restore electricity to everyone. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the river topped a record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965.

After having claimed at least 27 lives in a host of Caribbean islands before hammering Florida, reports put the death toll in the State at five. "People will respond if they can see video of something and how bad it is, they're more likely to respond to evacuation orders or take shelter orders if we can help with that".

Irma weakens to tropical storm on northward ascent across Florida

Gov. Rick Scott announced he'll join members of the U.S. Coast Guard for an aerial tour Monday afternoon to further assess the damage.

As the storm weakens as it heads toward Georgia, outages have leveled off or even declined at other Florida utilities, while increasing in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama.

During its march up Florida's west coast, Irma swamped homes, uprooted trees and flooded streets. Nonetheless, barrier islands like Marco Island, near Naples, reportedrising flood water and a loss of electricity and drinking water, authorities said.

"We dealt with it", Curry said.

The Keys are linked by 42 bridges that have to be checked for safety before motorists can be allowed in, officials said.

TS Irma will exit Florida this afternoon, but not before bringing another day of bands of heavy rain, the risk of tornadoes, potentially damaging winds, and risky storm surge.

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As Hurricane Irma dissipates into a tropical depression, forecasters are keeping an eye on yet another storm: Hurricane Jose. The latest European model shows Jose circling around the west Atlantic for much of the upcoming week.

Houston rap artist Bun B and Scooter Braun, a Hollywood talent manager and founder of SB Projects, are the organizers. A Benefit for Hurricane Relief today announced additional beneficiaries in the wake of Hurricane Irma's devastation.

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While Johnson broke his wrist, the Bills caught a break on Sunday when LeSean McCoy's wrist injury didn't turn out to be serious. Initial x-rays were negative, but an MRI on Monday was set to reveal more about if, or more likely how long, he'll be out.

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